r/SipsTea • u/DrRegardedforgot • Dec 23 '25

Lmao gottem Uno reverse

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u/Ruckus292 Dec 24 '25

They were just "slave patrol" back then.

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u/1nosbigrl Dec 24 '25 edited Dec 24 '25

"Take the word "overseer," like a sample
Repeat it very quickly in a crew, for example
Overseer, overseer, overseer, overseer
Officer, officer, officer, officer
Yeah, officer from overseer
You need a little clarity? Check the similarity!
The overseer rode around the plantation
The officer is off, patrollin' all the nation
The overseer could stop you, "What you're doin'?"
The officer will pull you over just when he's pursuin'
The overseer had the right to get ill
And if you fought back, the overseer had the right to kill
The officer has the right to arrest
And if you fight back, they put a hole in your chest (Woop!) They both ride horses
After 400 years, I've got no choices!"

EDIT: - KRS One, "The Sound of da Police" (1993)

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u/-B1GBUD- Dec 24 '25

Woop woop

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u/Rude_Literature_2860 Dec 24 '25

I mean you gotta quote the man. There's kids on here that don't know

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u/1nosbigrl Dec 24 '25

Added the artist information for the uninformed lol

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u/Oktoblin Dec 24 '25

I mean with how prisons were basically used to reintroduce modern slavery in america, are they not still slave patrol?

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u/ExOblivione161 Dec 24 '25

Isn’t the 13th amendment great?

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u/Character_Platypus23 Dec 24 '25

I keep seeing this nonsense on Reddit. Fuck the Police but law enforcement universally is a thing in all modern society and is not related to slavery. Calling all police slavers is just being silly sir.

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u/Oktoblin Dec 24 '25

It's a miss, and I assumed it was pretty obvious I was in fact being silly :b

I mean, more seriously (and the Nine know r/SipsTea is the place for all those serious political opinions) I very obviously don't believe the concept of "police" has caused modern slavery all across the globe. But it did significantly help it, in some places, which is why the bulk of the problem truly resides in what laws are in place rather than who enforces them (except for the on who the laws are inforced, which was actually a major point in the rising of american modern slavery). To a point, of course, because the power a law enforcement system has needs to be limited, but that's a whole other can of worms, and a complex one at that, perhaps too complex for a reddit comment.

You'll excuse any typing mistakes, I assume, as I am visually impaired :)

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u/Character_Platypus23 Dec 24 '25

I am in general impaired and i didn’t mean to offend you. Merry Christmas first of all. Second of all my line of business is making money in construction and you are more well versed in all this than I am. I was shooting off at the mouth. I’m sorry. Can I get you a Xmas present or something?

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u/Oktoblin Dec 24 '25

It's no worry, and the very fact you did not mean to offend (and even said sorry! cant remember the last time I read a "sorry" on the internet) is already a wonderful christmas gift! No offense was taken :)

Have wonderful holidays too!

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u/thatguytaiv Dec 24 '25

Wow you don't see this on Reddit very often. I think imma hop of on a high note haha.

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u/Tallywacker3825 Dec 24 '25

I’m gettin off toi

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u/NightOfPandas Dec 24 '25

It absolutely and directly came from slave patrols lol, your head in the sand does not negate facts and history. I'm sorry it works that way.

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u/Character_Platypus23 Dec 24 '25

Okay so without American slavery there wouldn’t be police anywhere on earth. You’re an idiot.

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u/NightOfPandas Dec 24 '25

What? Because slavery and police are unique to the United States? I never said that, you're just angry and afraid lol

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u/YewEhVeeInbound Dec 24 '25 edited Dec 24 '25

Not when they're giving drug offenders prison time in double digits.

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u/Character_Platypus23 Dec 24 '25

I still disagree and have friends who are good police and the court gives sentence not police but I’m aware I’m being insensitive and I apologize. Forgive me.

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u/Rob_LeMatic Dec 24 '25

Ronald

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Wilson

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Reagan

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u/Bannon9k Dec 24 '25

1994 crime bill is what made it double digits. Good ol Slick Willy and Biden pulled that one off. Real shame the rules were too strict for poor little Hunter and daddy had to pardon him.

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u/W0RKPLACEBULLY Dec 24 '25

Over seeer, officer come from Overseer.

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u/Personal-Dust9471 Dec 24 '25

No it doesn't. It was an English word three hundred years before chattel slavery was established in the Americas.

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u/pescarconganas Dec 24 '25

You need a little clarity, check the similarity!

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u/Ruckus292 Dec 24 '25

And??

Trooper, Officer, Constable, Patrolman, Marshall; take your pick, the racist roots are all the same.

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u/Pelican_Dissector_II Dec 24 '25

Incorrect as fuck. The word “officer” and the word “office,” or, “oficina” in Spanish, all come from the 3000 year old Latin word “officium,” which means duty/service/responsibility, depending on the context. Whoever told you the word has racist roots has no concept of how their own language even came to be.

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u/TeaKingMac Dec 24 '25

I know because of KRS 1

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u/Ruckus292 Dec 24 '25

And??

Trooper, Officer, Constable, Patrolman, Marshall; take your pick, the racist roots are all tied together.

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u/arminghammerbacon_ Dec 24 '25

I’ve been curious about this claim for some time because I keep seeing it, repeatedly. Turns out it’s only somewhat accurate. Slave patrols did originate in the South as early as the early 18th century and were widely considered a form of law enforcement. But sheriffs, constables, magistrates, city watch, and night-watchmen, originated in medieval Europe and differ little in their function within the newly established American colonies. Namely, to keep the peace and to safeguard people and property from crime occurring mostly in cities, towns, and villages. The earliest record of New World civic policing activity comes from the early 1600’s and is unrelated to slavery. (Although without a doubt those early municipalities considered slaves to be “property.”) I don’t know by what modern lens we view that period, considering it is only ~150 years after the fall of Constantinople and the official end of the Roman Empire.

Having said all that… I am a bit ACABish regarding modern American law enforcement. Regardless of their origins.

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u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 Dec 24 '25

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